Knowde Take:
What’s new about sustainable packaging? Just ask Loop Industries, the company that’s partnering with numerous large CPGs to create sustainable packaging solutions like refillable stainless steel deodorant sticks that last up to 8 years. Great for the planet, slightly less awesome for TSA
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Knowde Take: A multi-channel approach is critical to engaging today’s customers so it’s no surprise that Unilever is working on building a cross-media measurement model to better gauge their campaigns’ overall performance. Efficient, smart and waaay past the capabilities of most companies who collect (then sit on) big data. (more…)
Knowde Take: Fashionable laundry detergent from Unilever? Lifestyle home-cleaning company, Laundress, was just acquired for $100M. Read on to learn why this confluence of middle and high end makes sense. (more…)
Knowde Take: P&G just announced a new line of liquid-free cleaning products called, “DS3”. Similar to Listerine’s breath strips, the products are effective, travel-friendly and due to their size, better for the environment than their liquid heavy counterparts. Let’s just hope the Tide Pod Challenge community doesn’t get a hold of these!
DS3 products are made with what P&G called breakthrough, proprietary technology that eliminates water from the final product, removing 80 percent of weight while reducing 70 percent of space required. (more…)